Folding bed-screen



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J. J. GRIFFITH. FOLDING BED SCREEN.

No. 418,946. Patented Jan.7,1890.

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No. 418,946. Patented Jan. 7, 1890.

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J. J. GRIFFITH. FOLDING BED SCREEN.

No. 418,946. Patented Jan. 7, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JAMES GRIFFITH, OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING BED-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,946, dated January'7, 1890.

Application filed March 2, 1889. Serial No. 301,75 9. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN JAMES GRIFFITH, of San Bernardino, in thecounty of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented a newand Improved Folding Bed-Screen, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved canopy orbed-screen which is simple and durable in construction and serves toexclude insect-ssuch as mosquitoes, flies, &c.and is adapted to beeasily and quickly folded up, so as to make the bed, and which alsopermits of convenientingress to and egress from the bed.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof partof the frame. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the improvementon the line a: 00 of Fig. 1. Fig.

4 is an enlarged transverse section of part of the improvement on theline y y of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan viewof the same on the line a z of Fig. a. Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan viewof part ofthe top frame. elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is an endelevation of the top frame-support.

the frame-fastening. tion of the same, and Fig. 12 is a sectional sideelevation of the frame as applied to the bed in a folded-up position.

The improved folding bedscreen is adapted for a bed A, provided with theusual head B and the foot C, and adapted to support the frame D,provided with two posts E, slightly inclined, and fastened bycross-pieces F to the posts B of the head B, as is plainly shown inFigs. 3 and 4:. The upper ends of the posts E connect with ahorizontally-extending open frame G, resting on suitable brackets H,secured to the upper ends of the head-board B The frame G projectsslightly to the rear of Fig. Sis aside Fig. 10 is an enlarged plan view,partly in section, of E Fig. 11 is a side eleva' the head 13, and also asuitable distance to the front of the same over the bed.

011 the front end of the frame Gis pivoted the top I, comprising one ormore sections, of which the first section I is pivoted byahinge J to thefront end of said frame G, while the other section I is pivoted by ahinge J to the said section I. The top I extends in an inclined positionand rests with its lower end on rubber rollers K, mounted in brackets K,secured to the foot-board C of the bed A. The adjoining ends of thesections I and I of the top I are lined with rubber or other suitablematerial L, and a similar lining L is between the adjoining ends of thesection I and the frame G. This lining serves to form a tight joint, atthe same time rendering the folding part of the frame noiseless.

The hinges J are so arranged that the sections I and I are held in astraight line when placed'over the bedstead, as shown in Fig. 1. Thehinges J and J permit of foldin g the top I up into the position shownin Fig. 12, so as to permit of conveniently making the bed. The sectionsI and I are made in any desired manner, preferably of an open framecomposed of hard wood and metallic rods secured together, in the mannershown in Figs. 10 and 11,by suitable screws or other means. The posts Eare each provided on the front with a rubber lining N, which extendsfrom the top to the bottom. The frame D is covered by a mosquito bar ornetting in such a manner as to extend under the frame G and the top Iand then hang down all 3 around, so as to completely inclose the bed.The mosquito-bar is divided in the middle at the posts E, and the endsof the bar 0 at this opening are provided with pockets P, preferablymade of leather, and extending throughout the length of the opening. Thepockets P are weighted, preferably by being filled with shot, so thatthe said pockets rest firmly againstthe rubber lining N of therespective posts E. Similar pockets P are secured to the lower ends ofthe mosquito-bar O, and are also weighted, so as to rest on the floor,thereby preventing insects from passing along the floor to the interiorof the screen.

On the top of the frame G may be secured a bracket Q, for convenientlyfolding the top I against the same, so as to hold the said top in theposition shown in Fig. 12 while making the bed. It will be seen thatwhen the frame D is in place and the bar 0 is held on the said frame thebed is entirely surrounded by the bar, and insectssuch as mosquitoes andflies-cannot pass to the interior of the screen. The weighted pockets PP form very tight joints, and at the same time permit of convenientlyopening the sides of the bar to permit the person to pass to or from thebed. As soon as the operator releases the side of the bar the weightedpockets fall back to their former place on the floor and against thelining N of the posts E.

It will be seen that the improvement is so constructed as to enable theoperator to conveniently fold it up in order to be able to make the bed.The frame supporting the mosquito-bar extends free from the wall, beingsupported entirely from the bedstead. It will further be seen thatwhenever the sides of the mosquito-bar are opened the Weighted pocketswill fall back into their place by their own weight, thus formingself-closing sides.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bed-screen, the combination, with a mosquito bar or net, of aseparate and independent weighted flexible pocket secured to the lowerend of the said bar to hold the latter to the floor, the flexibility ofthe pocket adapting it to conform to inequalities of the floor andefiectually prevent the entrance of insects, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a screen-frame having a fiat upright at oneside extending from the top of the frame to the floor, of the nettingsupported by said frame to inclose the ends and sides of a bed andhaving a vertical opening or entrance at the said upright, and a weightextending along thevertical free edge of the net and holding it againstthe outer side of the said fiat upright, thereby forming a self-closingdoor, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bed-screen, the combination, with a frame comprising uprightsand a top, of a mosquito-bar secured 011 the under side of the saidframe and provided with side flaps, a weighted pocket secured to each ofthe flaps at the meeting edges thereof to hold pocket held on the lowerend of the said mosquito-bar and adapted to rest on the floor,substantially as shown and described.

5. In a bed-screen, the combination, with a frame secured to the head ofthe bedstead, of a top frame composed of hinged sections and hinged onthe said first-named frame, rollers supported on the foot of thebedstead and adapted to support the lower end of the said hinged topframe, and rubber linings held between the several sections of the topframe and the first-named frame to form tight joints, substantially asshown and described.

6. A screen-frame for bedsteads, comprising the headframe G, havingattachingbrackets H on its under side between'its front and rearlongitudinal edges, the hinged frame I, hinged to the head-frame G, toswing therefrom over a foot-board of a bedstead, uprights E, havinghorizontal brackets F to secure them to the ends of a head-board, andthe netting supported on the said frame, substantially as set forth.

7. A screen for bedsteads, consisting in the head-frame G, having thehead-board brackets H on its under side, the triangular support Q on itsupper side, the frame I, formed of the hinged sections I I to form afiat top to project at its outer edge over the foot-board of a bedstead,a support for the frame at this point, uprights E E,having horizontalbrackets F for securing them to the ends of a headboard, the nettingsecured to the frames G I to entirelyinclose the bedstead, and providedwith side flaps having their vertical edges provided with flexibleweighted pocketsP P, and

similar pockets P around the floor edge of the net, substantially as setforth.

JOHN JAMES GRIFFITH. \Vitnesses:

A. H. SEoooMBE, M. B. TERRASS.

